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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyTHOMPSON, Philip Burton, Jr.
(1845—1909)
THOMPSON, Philip Burton, Jr., a Representative from Kentucky; born in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., October 15, 1845; attended the common schools and the University of Kentucky at Lexington; during the Civil War entered the Confederate Army at the age of sixteen and served throughout the war; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Harrodsburg; was city attorney of Harrodsburg 1867-1869; was appointed in 1869 and subsequently elected Commonwealth attorney for the thirteenth judicial district of Kentucky, serving until 1874; reelected in 1874 and served until 1878, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Forty-eighth Congress); delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884; moved to New York City and resumed the practice of law; died in Washington, D.C., December 15, 1909; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ky.
Thompson, Philip Burton. Bonded whisky bill. Speech of Hon. Phil. B. Thompson, Jr., of Kentucky, in the House of Representatives, Saturday, March 22, 1884
. Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1884.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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